Group Buy of Universal from HTC

[robboy]

I'm not sure if anyone has tried to contact HTC regarding some sort wholesale deal. I know on there web site they welcome traders.

I have used group buys in forums before and got some great deals. (I was the Buyer not the organiser) so im note sure of the best approach to get things going.

Maybe this has been even done on this forum before

has anyone got any contacts with HTC??


Any ideas welcome!!!!!! :lol:

[DUTCH]

HTC will only listen to you when your order exeeds 10K pcs or more!

[tikkel]

Can't we try to get anyone in the forum to buy a new one?
Than we can reacht the 10k...

[fergalbreen]

count me in if you bid with HTC

[leslie lee]

I am for it and will take one as well.
How to effect the different units to the differnt telco operators in different countries.
Htc may have some agreement with their existing distributors and this may forstall any direct deals. However having said this it should not be a dampener as nothing is impossible. good luck to us

[VIPPER2004]

Good ... very Good idea.
I´m in!!

[patrick_dube]

I'm in for 1 Universal. I'd be more than happy to get OS updates directly from HTC...

[jeet]

I am also in the list for buying HTC Universal.

[jljones]

Can't we try to get anyone in the forum to buy a new one?
Than we can reacht the 10k...

It's not practical. HTC won't send out 10,000 machines to different people. They won't send them alll to one person without payment in advance. So unless that person can afford to buy that many, 10,000 people will have to pay him/her first.

Would you want to have to send 10,000 items in the post to people all over the world? I certainly wouldn't.

[DUTCH]

What could be done tho is to contact the distributors Qtek or I-mate :wink:

[cojones]

Excellent idea. I'll be in for one.

[jaythemagician]

MMB manages to buy them in relatively small quantitys from the carriers such as i'mate etc so it should be possible.I'll have on! :D

[slvrbllt]

Ok guys, here I am, and I am going to help you all!

I want to be part of it... a huge part of it.

I badly need 9.974 pieces for my relatives and myself (yes, huge family).
There remain 26 pieces out and it's really hard to believe we can't find 26 more guys to do the deal, c'mon... Anybody can afford to pay 874 EUR to buy this jewel, am I wrong ?

Unfortunately my account is running pretty low right now: there remain only 8.715.004,28 EUR on it.
Considering I'm going to pay 8.717.276 EUR for my order (plus shipping), if I do not manage to get a discounted price, I am afraid we will need 2-3 more volunteers to join us.

Please let me know whether you are joining me or not.

[WatermelonSlim]

I live in the USA and my carrier is Sprint. Do you think there is any way to get it activated on the Sprint network? The Universal works with EVDO, right?

If it's at all possible, throw me on the list for 2 of them. One for me, one for my wife.

[chakra]

hi people. hey SLVRBLLT are you telling us you are going to buy 9,974.0 units at 874 euro each??? just asking

[humayunl]

This thread is amusing :)

If it were practically possible to execute such a deal, I would be in for it.

I think before we start assuming this like the number of units that need to be bought and prices etc. someone needs to take charge adn get in touch with HTC to see if such a thing is even possible.

I dont have any contacts so I can't do it. Anyone else?

[jaythemagician]

humayunl is right....bit of organisation please before money starts flying to every corner of the globe....and nothing comes back :wink:

[marcelol]

Hell....I just bought an SPV M2000, but I'll throw down for this. Count me in....

8)

[NxJay]

Me too. why not just have the XDA-Developers Admins involved as well? after all, there's probably one living in each country. What we should do is find the developer in our country/state and find out if we could have a sort of hub setup. if everyone pays their admin, then the admin pays the buyer, all the buyer has to do is ship X amount of units to each admin in each country, then the ppl who paid the admin can come with their paypal reciepts and pick up the units from him one by one or something

Granted, it'd be a massive operation, but if it means everyone has a universal, then i'm all for tryin it.

[robboy]

Well i have started off a little interest. doesn't look like its going to be easy.

Im sure someone must post on this forum who works for HTC maybe they might come out of the woodwork if they know money is involved :D



Maybe a few words from the moderators would be nice :lol:

[anicaus]

Count me in :wink:

[S1MB4D]

this sounds like a fantastic idea, count me in! i just shelled out for an xda2i so i wouldnt mind this universal

[Mikee4fun]

Here is my $$$ not!

[seal]

Count me in if there is a decent discount.

[van]

Good idea please, I need two devices

[Minotavrs]

Count me i'm in

[Porkspeare]

Count me in 2x

[Petermcc]

I work for an organisation that is probably one of Europes largest suppliers of PDA's etc and has the most advanced IT logistics and distribution function in the UK and I can tell you now THIS WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE imho.

We would not take on 10,000 devices direct from HTC. We would buy them from a distributor unless we had an order of that size from a customer.

Sad, but true.

[robboy]

I work for an organisation that is probably one of Europes largest suppliers of PDA's etc and has the most advanced IT logistics and distribution function in the UK and I can tell you now THIS WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE imho.

We would not take on 10,000 devices direct from HTC. We would buy them from a distributor unless we had an order of that size from a customer.

Sad, but true.

so maybe you can get us some cheap ones :lol: :wink:

[cgrillo]

There is one major issue that peole don't seem to be seeing here..

Whoever originally buys the items from HTC and sels them on is responsible for the standard warranty (unless it's a private sale - but I doubt if HTC would deal with anybody but a company!!) - HTC would not deal with the end user when dealing with warranty work.

The last thing any of us buyers would want is to get a defective item and then the seller say "tough"....

This can be time consuming and expensive if too many items are returned.

Apart from that it's a fantastic idea.

[fone_fanatic]

Ok guys, here I am, and I am going to help you all!

I want to be part of it... a huge part of it.

I badly need 9.974 pieces for my relatives and myself (yes, huge family).
There remain 26 pieces out and it's really hard to believe we can't find 26 more guys to do the deal, c'mon... Anybody can afford to pay 874 EUR to buy this jewel, am I wrong ?

Unfortunately my account is running pretty low right now: there remain only 8.715.004,28 EUR on it.
Considering I'm going to pay 8.717.276 EUR for my order (plus shipping), if I do not manage to get a discounted price, I am afraid we will need 2-3 more volunteers to join us.

Please let me know whether you are joining me or not.

is this guy serious? sorry.. but i think hes BS..
well if the minimum amount is 10k pieces. i dont think it'd work, if it was around 100 then thats reachable.

[joebongo]

Count me in for one. I might take a stroll up tottenham ct rd and see what the shops there are doing for this.

[SuperDDD]

Count me in "5" times.

[benjlamont]

dont know how this is going to work but if it does I am in!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

[AdmiralAK]

I live in the USA and my carrier is Sprint. Do you think there is any way to get it activated on the Sprint network? The Universal works with EVDO, right?

If it's at all possible, throw me on the list for 2 of them. One for me, one for my wife.

The universal is GSM/UMTS only. It will not be able to work on any CDMA network. Perhaps HTC will make a CDMA version in the future

[goestoeleven]

lack of 850 MHz kinda weakens this puppy's value proposition in the US...

maybe the next version will have it...

[AdmiralAK]

lack of 850 MHz kinda weakens this puppy's value proposition in the US...

maybe the next version will have it...

Well, if you have T-Mobile or Fido (US and Canada) that are 1900 only carriers then you are OK :)

With Rogers and Cingular (Cnd and US) then it depends on your area.
Where I live I have ample 1900 coverage (850 helps within buildings though) so I could wing it without 850

[kevin.beecher]

count me in

kev

[offroader]

I am in, although I know it will not work but I want to be one more vote appreciating HTC greatness.

[Echilon]

I'd be up for one aswell.